WBKB-TV

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This article is about WBKB-TV in Alpena, Michigan. For the stations in Chicago that formerly used the call sign, see WBBM-TV and WLS-TV.
WBKB-TV
Alpena, Michigan
Branding Channel 11 News
Channels Analog: 11 (VHF)

Digital: 13 (VHF)
Affiliations CBS
Owner Stephan Marks
(Thunder Bay Broadcasting Corporation)
First air date September 22, 1975
Transmitter Power 316 kW (analog)
20 kW (digital)
Height 204 m (analog)
201.8 m (digital)
Facility ID 67048
Transmitter Coordinates 44°42′11.1″N, 83°31′26.5″W
Website wbkb11.com

WBKB-TV, channel 11, is the CBS-affiliated television station for Alpena, Michigan. Owned by Maryland businessman Stephan Marks, the station has studios on North Bagley Street in Alpena, with transmission facilities located near Hubbard Lake in Alcona County. It is the only commercial television station in the market.

Syndicated programming on the station includes:Live with Regis and Kelly, Ellen, Dr. Phil, Jeopardy!, and Wheel of Fortune.

[edit] History

The station first went on the air on September 22, 1975 and has always been a CBS affiliate. The Alpena DMA only consists of Alpena and Alcona Counties and is the third smallest (#208) media market in the United States. WBKB also serves portions of the Traverse City / Cadillac (northern Michigan) and Bay City / Saginaw / Midland / Flint (Mid-Michigan) markets.

In January of 2004, the station was sold to Stephan Marks whose holdings also include Marquette's WBKP and WBUP. Shortly afterward, a new newscast called UGN News (or "Upper Great Lakes News Network") debuted originating from WBUP and WBKP. It featured news from the entire Upper Peninsula and northern Michigan regions. The format was later changed back to news from only each respective area. Prior to its sale, the station's call letters were jokingly referred to by those inside the industry as "We Barely Know Broadcasting" in reference to the station's longtime reputation for hiring recent college and trade school graduates just starting out in the television business.

In addition to the Michigan stations, Marks also owns KYUS in Miles City, Montana and KXGN-TV in Glendive, Montana. The WBKB call letters originally belonged from 1946 to 1953 to channel 4 in Chicago. It was owned by the Balaban and Katz Broadcasting subsidiary of Paramount Pictures that is now CBS affiliate WBBM-TV on channel 2. WBKB then transferred to Chicago's ABC owned and operated channel 7 from 1953 to 1968 when it was renamed WLS-TV.

[edit] News team

  • Sarah Oskey - News Director, 6 o'clock producer, weathercaster, reporter
  • Anna Bulszewicz - 6 o'clock anchor/reporter
    • host of "Insights into Northeast Michigan"
  • Candace Burns - 11 o'clock anchor/producer/reporter
  • Jeremy Noeson - Sports Director
  • Pat Thiede - weekend news anchor and weekday sports reporter

[edit] External links

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Broadcast television in the Alpena market  (Nielsen DMA #208)

Local stations
WCML 6 (PBS) - WBKB 11 (CBS) - W18BT 18 (TBN) - W26DF 26 (Ind)

Cable channels
ACC 3 (educational) - Alpena's CW (The CW Plus) - FSN Detroit

Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations
Reception may vary by geographical location. Some may only be available on cable.
WTOM 4 (NBC, Cheboygan) - WNEM-DT 5.2 (MNTV, Bay City) - CBMT 6 (CBC, Montreal) -
WGTQ 8 (ABC, Sault Ste. Marie) - WJRT 12 (ABC, Flint) -

WFUP 45 (Fox, Vanderbuilt)
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Broadcast television in the Traverse City / Cadillac / Sault Sainte Marie (Northern Michigan) market  (Nielsen DMA #116)

Local television stations
WTOM 4 / WPBN 7 (NBC) (RTN on WPBN-DT2) (WX+ on WPBN-DT3) - WGTQ 8 / WGTU 29 (ABC) (The CW on WGTU-DT2) -
WWTV 9 / WWUP 10 (CBS) - WLLZ 12 (A1 / TSC) - WCMU 14 / WCMW 21 / WCMV 27 (PBS) - WFQX 33 / WFUP 45 (FOX)

Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations
Reception may vary by geographical location; some stations may be available only on cable.
Sault Ste. Marie, ON: CHBX 2 (CTV) - CBLT 5 (CBC) | Grand Rapids: WWMT-DT 3.2 (The CW) - WOOD 8 (NBC) - WZZM 13 (ABC) - WXSP 15 (MNTV) - WGVU 35 (PBS) | Mid-Michigan: WNEM 5 (CBS) - WJRT 12 (ABC) - WDCP 19 (PBS) - WEYI 25 (NBC) - WBSF 46 (The CW) - WSMH 66 (FOX) | Alpena: WBKB 11 (CBS) | Marquette: WJMN 3 (CBS) - WLUC 6 (NBC) - WNMU 13 (PBS) | Detroit: WKBD 50 (The CW) | Green Bay: WBAY 2 (ABC) - WFRV 5 (CBS) - WLUK 11 (FOX) | Montreal: CBMT 6 (CBC)

Cable television stations
"WBVC" 61 (The CW) - FSN Detroit - Local edition
See also, Broadcast television in Ontario
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Broadcast television in the Mid-Michigan (Flint / Saginaw / Bay City / Midland) market (Nielsen DMA #66)

Local television stations
WNEM 5 (CBS/MNTV on DT2) - WJRT 12 (ABC, AccuWeather on DT3) - WCMU 14 / WCML 6 (PBS) - WDCP 19 / WDCQ 35 (PBS) - WEYI 25 (NBC/WBSF on DT2)- WFUM 28 (PBS) - WHNE-LP 32 (A1) - W42DI 42 (3ABN) - WBSF 46 (The CW) - WAQP 49 (TCT) - WXON 54 (Ind) - WSMH 66 (FOX)

Local Cable Television Channels
FSN Detroit

Defunct stations
WTAC 16 (ABC / DuMont)

Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations
Reception may vary by geographical location
WDIV 4 (NBC, Detroit) - CBMT 6 (CBC, Montreal) - WLNS 6 (CBS, Lansing) - CBET 9 (CBC, Windsor) - WWTV 9 (CBS, Cadillac) - WBKB 11 (CBS, Alpena) - WZZM 13 (ABC, Grand Rapids) - WMYD 20 (MyNetworkTV, Detroit) - WKAR 23 (PBS, East Lansing) - WSYM 47 (Fox, Lansing) - WKBD 50 (The CW, Detroit)
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CBS Network Affiliates in the state of Michigan
See also: ABC, Fox, NBC, PBS, CW, MyNetworkTV and Other stations in Michigan